2021 HPA Awards
OUTSTANDING COLOR GRADING - Sponsored by Picture Shop
Outstanding Color Grading - Theatrical Feature
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WINNER“Jungle Cruise” Mitch Paulson // Company 3
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Nominee:“Judas and the Black Messiah” Tom Poole // Company 3
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Nominee:“Minari” David Cole // FotoKem
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Nominee:“The Green Knight” Alastor Pan Arnold // FotoKem
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Nominee:“Candyman” Natasha Leonnet // Company 3
Outstanding Color Grading - Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
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WINNER“WandaVision – Previously On” Matt Watson // Marvel Studios Finishing
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Nominee:“The Queen’s Gambit – End Game” Steven Bodner // Light Iron
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Nominee:“The Underground Railroad – Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn” Alex Bickel // Color Collective
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Nominee:“Sweet Tooth – Big Man” Walter Volpatto // Company 3
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Nominee:“Lovecraft Country – Meet Me in Daegu” Rory Gordon // ArsenalFX Color
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
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WINNERToyota – “Jessica Long’s Story: Upstream” Jill Bogdanowicz // Company 3
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Nominee:Hyundai – “I’m In Charge” Sofie Borup // Company 3
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Nominee:Zara – “Spring Summer 2021 Campaign” Tim Masick // Company 3
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Nominee:Dior – “Spring-Summer 2021 Collection” Tim Masick // Company 3
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Nominee:Lexus – “A New Era” Matt Osborne // Company 3
OUTSTANDING EDITING – Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Outstanding Editing – Theatrical Feature
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WINNER“Sound of Metal” Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, ACE
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Nominee:“The Trial of the Chicago 7” Alan Baumgarten, ACE
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Nominee:“Minari” Harry Yoon, ACE
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Nominee:“The Father” Yorgos Lamprinos
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Nominee:“Soul” Kevin Nolting, ACE
Outstanding Editing – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
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WINNER“Hacks – Falling” Susan Vaill, ACE
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Nominee:“Conan – DIY Conan” Rob Ashe, Chris Heller, Matt Shaw
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Nominee:“Hacks – Tunnel of Love” Ali Greer
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Nominee:“Hacks – Interview” Marissa Mueller, Jessica Brunetto
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Nominee:“A Black Lady Sketch Show – Sister, May I Call You Oshun?” Daysha Broadway, ACE, Stephanie Filo, ACE, Jessica Hernández, ACE
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Nominee:“Hacks – There Is No Line” Jessica Brunetto
Outstanding Editing – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature (Over 30 Minutes)
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WINNER“A Perfect Planet: The Sun” Nigel Buck
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Nominee:“The Underground Railroad – Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” Joi McMillon, ACE
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Nominee:“His Dark Materials – The Scholar” Sara Jones
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Nominee:“Allen v. Farrow – Episode 101” Mikaela Shwer, Parker Laramie, Sara Newens
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Nominee:“Lovecraft Country – Meet Me in Daegu” Sean Albertson, ACE
OUTSTANDING SOUND – Sponsored by DTS
Outstanding Sound – Theatrical Feature
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WINNER“Space Jam: A New Legacy” Tim LeBlanc, Michael Keller // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Malte Bieler // E Squared
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Nominee:“Reminiscence” Jeremy Peirson, Thomas Jones, Michael Babcock, Sarah Bourgeois, Jessie Pariseau // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
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Nominee:“In the Heights” Lewis Goldstein, John Marquis, Paul Urmson, Gina Alfano, Brian Bowles, Thomas Ryan, Alex Soto // Parabolic
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Nominee:“Godzilla vs. Kong” Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic // Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Jason W. Jennings // E Squared
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Nominee:“Cherry” Mark Binder, Elliot Hartley, Donald Flick, Trevor Cress, Matt Coby // IMN Creative
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Nominee:“Sound of Metal” Nicolas Becker, Carolina Santana // Sound Park
Carlos Cortés // SplendorOmnia
Michellee Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht // AstroLX
Outstanding Sound – Episodic or Non-theatrical Feature
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WINNER“Snowpiercer – Many Miles from Snowpiercer” Sandra Portman, Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, James Fonnyadt, Eric Mouawad, Gregorio Gomez // Sharpe Sound Studios
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Nominee:“Sweet Tooth – Out of the Deep Woods” George Haddad, Chad Hughes, Alex Gruzdev, Brad Sherman, Julie Altus // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
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Nominee:“Oslo” Lewis Goldstein, Gina Alfano, Thomas Ryan, Alex Soto // Parabolic
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Nominee:“Lovecraft Country – Sundown” Tim Kimmel, Marc Fishman, Mathew Waters, Paula Fairfield, Bradley Katona // The Formosa Group
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Nominee:“The Right Stuff – Flight” Walt Newman, Darleen Stoker, Kenneth Young, Brad Sherman, Alex Gruzdev, Sanaa Kelley, Adam DeCoster, Chris McGreary // Warner Bros Post Production Creative Services
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS – Sponsored by ZEISS
Outstanding Visual Effects – Theatrical Feature
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WINNER“Black Widow” David Hodgins, Hanzhi Tang, Ryan Duhaime, James Reid, Edmond Smith III // Digital Domain
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Nominee:“The Suicide Squad” Mark Gee, Danielle Immerman, Mike Cozens, Jason Galeon, Makoto Hatanaka // Weta Digital
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Nominee:“Jungle Cruise” Luke Millar // Weta Digital
Chad Wiebe // Industrial Light & Magic
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Nominee:“Godzilla vs. Kong” Pier Lefebvre, Michael Langford, Timucin Ozger, Sarang Deshpande, Joshua Toonen // MPC Film
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Nominee:“Black Widow” Sean Walker, Marvyn Young, Karl Rapley, Lily Lawrence, Timothy Walker // Weta Digital
Outstanding Visual Effects – Episodic (Under 13 Episodes) or Non-theatrical Feature
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WINNER“The Mandalorian – Chapter 9: The Marshal” Joe Bauer, Richard Bluff, Abbigail Keller, Hal Hickel, Jeff Capogreco // Industrial Light & Magic
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Nominee:“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – New World Order” Johannes Bresser, Mark Smith, Alexia Cui, Paul Jenness, Sebastian Bommersheim // Weta Digital
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Nominee:“Lovecraft Country – Jig-a-Bobo” Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin // HBO
Pietro Ponti // Important Looking Pirates
Grant Walker // Framestore
Francois Dumoulin // RodeoFX -
Nominee:“WandaVision – The Series Finale” Marion Spates, Suzanne Foster, R. Matt Smith, Simon Twine, Frankie Stellato // Digital Domain
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Nominee:“Star Trek: Discovery – Su’Kal” Jason Michael Zimmerman, Ante Dekovic, Aleksandra Kochoska, Charles Collyer, Alexander Wood // CBS Television Studios
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Nominee:“Loki – Journey Into Mystery” Dan DeLeeuw, David Seager, Alexandra Greene, George Kuruvilla, Dan Mayer // Industrial Light & Magic
Outstanding Visual Effects – Episodic (Over 13 Episodes)
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WINNER“9-1-1 – The New Abnormal” Jon Massey, Tony Pirzadeh, Timothy Cairns, Bryant Reif, Josephine Noh // FuseFX
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Nominee:“NCIS: Los Angeles – The Bear” Carlo Vega, Manmeet Singh, Michael Carter, Dylan Chudzynski // DigitalFilm Tree
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Nominee:“9-1-1: Lone Star – Hold the Line” Brigitte Bourque, Tyler Deck, Jason Gottlieb, Josephine Noh, James Yates // FuseFX
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Nominee:“Supergirl – Welcome Back, Kara!” Armen V. Kevorkian, Jennifer Mochinski, Alex Schade, Carlos Aldrey, Fabian Jimenez, Denys Shchukin // Encore VFX
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Nominee:“Grey’s Anatomy – Breathe” Tim Carras, Andie Eikenberg, Bill Parker, Kenneth Armstrong, Chris Myers // Barnstorm VFX
HPA ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD
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WINNERArchPlatform Technologies – ArchPlatform
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WINNERAutoDesk – OpenColorIO v2
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WINNERFoundry – Nuke
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WINNERMo-Sys Engineering – NearTime
HPA JUDGES AWARD FOR CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
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WINNER"Welcome to Chechnya" - Director, David France and Visual Effects Supervisor, Ryan Laney
HPA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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WINNERDarcy Antonellis